Financial Security

Financial insecurity occurs when an individual or family experiences inadequate or inconsistent economic resources to acquire basic necessities and meet expenses.

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How Merging Psychology and Economics Can Contribute to Poverty Research and Policy

  • Justin Sydnor and Lydia Ashton
  • Webinar
  • 2015
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Emergency Savings for Low-Income Households

  • J. Michael Collins and Ida Rademacher
  • Webinar
  • 2014
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Building human capital and economic potential

  • Carolyn J. Heinrich and Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2014
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Whose money matters?

  • Alexandra Killewald
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2014
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Getting by: Earning, spending, saving, and borrowing among the poor

  • J. Michael Collins, Hallie Lienhardt, and Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2014
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Family structure and children’s behavior

  • Rebecca Ryan, Amy Claessens, and Anna J. Markowitz
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2014
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The cost of breaking up

  • Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2014
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Pathways Programs and Helping Low-Income Adults Build Marketable Skill Sets

  • Laura Dresser, Shawna Carter, Meghan Conlin, and Kevin Piper
  • Webinar
  • 2013
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Emergency savings for low-income consumers

  • J. Michael Collins and Leah Gjertson
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2013
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Results of the federal urban Empowerment Zone program

  • Matias Busso, Jesse Gregory, and Patrick Kline
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2013